I am writing to speak up for amputees and persons with chronic limb impairment. Several states have taken the extreme steps of trying to modify Medicaid benefits so that the state would deny access to artificial limbs. I am asking you to keep this from happening in our state.

I know the economy is bad and states face serious budgetary crises. I just didn’t know that things are so bad that states would take artificial limbs from amputees. Thank you for your consideration and any help you can provide to assure that this never happens in our state.